歌词
Lights up on Washington Heights
Up at the break of day
I wake up, and I got this little punk
I gotta chase away
Pop the grate at the crack of dawn
Sing while I wipe down the awning
Hey y'all, Good morning
Ice cold piragua!
Paricha, china, cherry, strawberry, and just for today
I got mamey!
Oy, piraguero, como estas?
Como siempre, Senor Usnavi
I am Usnavi and you prob'ly
Never heard my name
Reports of my fame are
Greatly exaggerated
Exacerbated by the fact
That my syntax
Is highly complicated 'cause
I emigrated from the single
Greatest little place in the
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
I love it
Jesus, I'm jealous of it
And beyond that
Ever since my folks passed on
I haven't gone back
Goddamn, I gotta get on that
Oh, the milk has gone bad
Hold up just a second
Why is everything in this fridge warm and tepid?
I better step it up and fight the heat
'Cause I'm not makin' any profit
If the coffee isn't light and sweet!
Ooo-oo!
Abuela, my fridge broke, I got café but no "con leche"
Try my mother's old recipe: one can of condensed milk
Nice
Ay! Paciencia y fe...
That was Abuela, she's not really my "Abuela"
But she practically raised me
This corner is her escuela!
Now, You're probably thinkin
"I'm up shit's creek
I never been north of 96th Street"
Well, you must take the A train
Even farther than Harlem
To northern Manhattan and maintain
Get off at 181st and take the escalator
I hope you're writing this down
I'm gonna test ya later
I'm getting tested, times are tough on this bodega
Two months ago somebody bought Ortega's
Our neighbors started packin' up and pickin' up
And ever since the rents went up
It's gotten mad expensive
But we live with just enough
In the Heights
I flip the lights
And start my day
There are fights
And endless debts
And bills to pay
In the Heights
I can't survive without café
I serve café
'Cause tonight seems like a million years away
En Washington--
Next up to bat, the Rosarios
They run the cab company
They struggle in the barrio
See, their daughter Nina's off at college
Tuition is mad steep
So they can't sleep
Everything they get is mad cheap!
Good morning, Usnavi!
Pan caliente, café con leche!
Put twenty dollars on today's lottery
One ticket, that's it!
Hey! A man's gotta dream
Don't mind him, he's all excited
'Cause Nina flew in at 3 a.m. last night
Don't look at me, this one's been cooking all week
Usnavi, come over for dinner
There's plenty to eat
So then Yesenia walks in their room, uh-huh
She smells sex and cheap perfume, uh-oh
It smells like one of those trees
That you hang from the rear-view, ha-ha, no!
It's true! She screams, "Who's in there with you, Julio?"
Grabs a bat and kicks in the door!
He's in bed with Jose from the liquor store!
¡No me diga!
Daniela and Carla, from the salon
Thanks, Usnavi!
Sonny, you're late
Chillax, you know you love me
Me and my cousin runnin'
Just another dime-a-dozen
Mom-and-pop stop-and-shop
And oh my God, it's gotten
Too darn hot like my man
Cole Porter said
People come through for a
Few cold waters and
A lottery ticket, just a part of the routine
Everybody's got a job
Everybody's got a dream
They gossip, as I sip my coffee and smirk
The first stop as people hop to work
Bust it--I'm like--
One dollar, two dollars, one fifty
One sixty-nine
I got it, you want a box of
Condoms what kind?
That's two quarters
Two quarter waters
The New York Times
You need a bag for that?
The tax is added
Once you get some practice at it
You do rapid mathematics automatically
Sellin' maxipads and fuzzy dice for taxicabs
And practically everybody's stressed, yes
But they press through the mess
Bounce checks and wonder
What's next?
In the Heights
I buy my coffee and I go (I buy my coffee and)
Set my sights
On only what I need to know (what I need to know)
In the Heights
Money is tight
But even so (but even so)
When the lights go down
I blast my radio!
You ain't got no skills!
Benny!
Yo, lemme get a-
Milky Way
Yeah, lemme also get a-
Daily News-
And a-
Post-
And the most important, my-
Boss' second coffee, one cream-
Five sugars-
I'm the number one earner
What?!
The fastest learner
What?!
My boss can't keep me on the damn back burner!
Yes, he can
I'm makin' moves, I'm makin' deals
But guess what?
What?
You still ain't got no skills!
Hardee-har
Yo, Vanessa show up yet?
Shut up!
Hey, little homie
Don't get so upset (man)
Tell Vanessa how you feel
Buy the girl a meal
On the real, or you ain't got no skills
Nooo!
No no nooo!
No no nooo, no no no!
Nooo, no no no!
No no no no no no no no no
No no no no!
Mr. Johnson, I got the security deposit
It's locked in a box
In the bottom of my closet
It's not reflected in my bank statement
But I've been savin' to make a
Down payment and pay rent
No, no, I won't let you down
Yo, here's your chance, ask her out right now!
I'll see you later
We can look at that lease
Do somethin', make your move, don't freeze
Hey!
You owe me a bottle of cold champagne
Are you moving?
Just a little credit check
And I'm on that downtown train!
Well, your coffee's on the house
Okay!
Usnavi, ask her out!
No way!
I'll see you later, so...
Ooh, smooth operator
Aw damn, there she go!
Yo, bro, take five, take a walk outside!
You look exhausted, lost
Don't let life slide!
The whole hood is struggling
Yeah, times are tight
And you're stuck to this
Corner like a streetlight!
Yeah, I'm a streetlight
Choking on the heat
The world spins around
While I'm frozen to my seat
The people that I know
All keep on rolling down the street
But every day is different
So I'm switchin' up the beat
'Cause my parents came with nothing
They got a little more
And sure, we're poor, but yo
At least we got the store
And it's all about the legacy
They left with me, it's destiny
And one day I'll be on a beach
With Sonny writing checks to me
In the Heights
I hang my flag upon display
We came to work and to live
And we got a lot in common
It reminds me that I came
From miles away
DR, PR, we are not stoppin'
In the Heights
Every day, paciencia y fe
Until the day we go from
Poverty to stock options
In the Heights
I've got today
And today's all we got
So we cannot stop
This is our block
In the Heights
I hang my flag upon display
Lo le lo le lo lai lai lo le!
It reminds me that I came
From miles away!
My family came from miles away
In the the Heights
It gets more expensive every day (every day)
And tonight is so far away
But as for manana, mi pana
Ya gotta just keep watchin'
You'll see the late nights (in the Heights)
You'll taste beans and rice (in the Heights)
The syrups and shaved ice (in the Heights)
I ain't gonna say it twice (in the Heights)
Turn up the stage lights
We're takin' a flight
To a couple of days
In the life of what it's like
En Washington Heights!